New fracture toughness test for dental adhesive resin cements

• Published in: Adhesive Dentistry Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 87 - 96
• Main Authors: WATANABE, Yasuhiro, TOMURO, Masayuki, KOMATSU, Shigeki, HATA, Yoshiaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society for Adhesive Dentistry 2004
• Subjects: dental adhesive resin cement; fractographical analysis; fracture toughness; K1c

To evaluate fracture toughness of adhesive resin cements, Notchless Triangular Prism Fracture Toughness Test (NTP) was applied and examined whether Adhesive prism and its adhesive gap conditions correspond to the evaluation method of fracture toughness test. Adhesive prism was composed of the adhesi...